Sutra 1

Devanagari script

यातव्योऽभियास्यमानः संधिकारणमादातुकामो विहन्तुकामो वा सामवायिकानामन्यतमं लाभद्वैगुण्येन पणेत ॥ कZ_०७.८.०१ ॥

Transliteration

yātavyo'bhiyāsyamānaḥ saṃdhikāraṇamādātukāmo vihantukāmo vā sāmavāyikānām anyatamaṃ lābhadvaiguṇyena paṇeta

Translation

When one is to march (or is about to be approached), wishing either to secure the grounds for a settlement or to strike, one should bargain with some member of the allied combination (sāmavāyika) by offering double the gain.

Word by Word

• यातव्यः: one who is to be approached / dealt with
• Type: Participle (Gerundive)
• Root: या
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (one who is to be approached/treated)

• अभियास्यमानः: being pressed/assailed (being closely approached)
• Type: Participle (Present Passive)
• Root: अभि-आस्
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्), कर्मणि वर्तमान, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘being pressed/assailed/approached closely’

• सन्धि-कारणम्: a cause/ground for peace (treaty)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धि, कारण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; object of ‘आदातुकामः’

• आदातु-कामः: wishing to obtain (it)
• Type: Noun (Desiderative adjective)
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘wishing to take/obtain’

• विहन्तु-कामः: or wishing to destroy (him)
• Type: Noun (Desiderative adjective)
• Root: वि-हन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘wishing to strike/kill/destroy’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• सामवायिकानाम्: of the collective/combined (ones/factors)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सामवायिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or विशेषण-रूप), षष्ठी बहुवचन; ‘of the collective/combined (factors/means)’

• अन्यतमम्: one (out) of them
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्यतम
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘one of (them)’

• लाभ-द्वैगुण्येन: by (offering) double gain / with gain doubled
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ, द्वैगुण्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव

• पणेत: he should bargain/offer (terms)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पण्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (injunctive/optative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘should bargain/offer/stipulate’

Entities Mentioned

• sāmavāyika (coalition member)
• state planning a march/expedition

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of 'lābhadvaiguṇyena' (double gain)?

Use calibrated side-payments to detach a coalition member, reducing collective opposition and improving bargaining leverage.